System framework for selecting computing device to perform vehicle applications with cloud and edge computing

A method comprising:

• separating a computing task into a plurality of sub-tasks;
• determining an estimated amount of computing resources needed for a computing device to perform each of the plurality of sub-tasks;
• transmitting information about the plurality of sub-tasks to one or more second computing devices;
• obtaining, from one or more second computing devices, one or more first proposals for one or more of the second computing devices to perform one or more of the plurality of sub-tasks;
• generating one or more second proposals for the computing device and the one or more second computing devices to perform the plurality of sub-tasks based on the one or more first proposals and the estimated amount of computing resources needed for the computing device to perform each of the plurality of sub-tasks, each of the one or more second proposals indicating which of the computing device and the one or more second computing devices are to perform each of the plurality of sub-tasks and parameters associated with performance of each of the plurality of sub-tasks;
• transmitting the one or more second proposals to a vehicle;
• receiving, from the vehicle, an acceptance of one of the second proposals;
• transmitting the acceptance of the accepted second proposal to the one or more second computing device;
• performing the plurality of sub-tasks to be performed by the computing device according to the accepted second proposal to generate first sub-task data;
• receiving second sub-task data associated with the performance of the plurality of sub-tasks to be performed by the one or more second computing devices according to the accepted second proposal;
• and
• transmitting the first sub-task data and the second sub-task data to the vehicle.

A system comprising:

• a cloud server;
• and
• one or more edge servers,
• wherein the cloud server is configured to:
• separate a computing task into a plurality of sub-tasks;
• determine an estimated amount of computing resources needed for the cloud server to perform each of the plurality of sub-tasks;
• transmit information about the plurality of sub-tasks to the one or more edge servers;
• receive, from one or more of the edge servers, one or more first proposals for one or more of the edge servers to perform one or more of the plurality of sub-tasks;
• generate one or more second proposals for the cloud server and the one or more edge servers to perform the plurality of sub-tasks based on the one or more first proposals and the estimated amount of computing resources needed for the cloud server to perform each of the plurality of sub-tasks, each of the one or more second proposals indicating which of the cloud server and the one or more edge servers are to perform each of the plurality of sub-tasks and parameters associated with performance of each of the plurality of sub-tasks;
• transmit the one or more second proposals to a vehicle;
• receive, from the vehicle, an acceptance of one of the second proposals;
• transmit the acceptance of the accepted second proposal to the one or more edge servers;
• perform the plurality of sub-tasks to be performed by the cloud server according to the accepted second proposal to generate first sub-task data;
• receive second sub-task data associated with the performance of the plurality of sub-tasks to be performed by the one or more edge servers according to the second proposal;
• and
• transmit the first sub-task data and the second sub-task data to the vehicle,
• wherein the one or more edge servers are configured to:
• receive the information about the plurality of sub-tasks from the cloud server;
• determine the one or more first proposals for one or more of the edge servers to perform one or more of the plurality of sub-tasks;
• transmit the one or more first proposals to the cloud server;
• receive the acceptance of the accepted second proposal from the cloud server;
• perform the plurality of sub-tasks to be performed by the one or more edge servers according to the accepted second proposal to generate the second sub-task data;
• and
• transmit the second sub-task data to the cloud server.